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The Conqueror.

Who beckoned the beast forward Stirring within a darkness found Covering the shadows of evolution Where the sands do not fall No inkling… Lumbering forward he lurches Westward on a destructive swath Painful in staunch remorselessness Devouring serenity unsparingly Laughter echoes… Obliterating all yet sparing life Clawing over obsidian ranges Shrouded rivers of flowing blood No escaping or resisting Manufactured divinity… Crusading of envelopments plague Unceasing war of casualties Flawless insight Perfectly executed battleplans A losing victory… Savvy smug accomplishment Every birthright now victimized Still among us obscuring eyes Warring campaigns concluding Destiny dissolved… United we are peoples many On a marble spinning as one No flight from his warping grasp They will come praising his name Civilization…

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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